Sui and Tang Dynasties: a Golden Age of Prosperity and Decline
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During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the land of China once again ushered in great unification. This time, it is not so much about conquering all nations with force as it is about civilized and asserting authority over all ethnic groups. The Tang Empire opened up an unprecedented prosperous civilization with magnificence and self-confidence: the prosperity of poetry, the popularity of singing and dancing, the prosperity of calligraphy and painting, and the diversity of civilizations... However, after its prosperity, it declined. The Tang Empire was pushed into the abyss of destruction by the Anshi Rebellion, separatist feudal lordships, and eunuch disasters. A Five Dynasties era full of rebellion, killing, famine, plague, deception, and betrayal came. In these more than three centuries, supreme glory and bloodshed intertwined, and the personal destiny of the "hero" blended with the "contingency" of the historical process, creating this prosperous and complex era. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty unified the north and the south with his literary, political and martial arts; Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty worked hard to govern and ruled over all nations; Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty created a prosperous age with his heroic military skills and wise decisions; Zhou Shizong's heroic strategy of divine and military strategy laid the foundation of the Song Dynasty. Between the two poles of unity and division, the founding fathers such as Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, the ZTE generals such as Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi, and the heroes of troubled times such as An Lushan, Shi Siming, Huang Chao, and Zhu Wen, driven by their ambitions and maneuvers, have performed flesh-and-blood and fascinating stories, telling a heroic history that has been dreamed of for thousands of years and has melodious charm.
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